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RESCUE FOR RHSOIJE
BY WILLIAM H. BITS 11 NELL.
'Sonic, day, my <lc;ir fellow, if lifo and
health nrc spared me, I will repay you
lor this,'
'You put entirely too much upon nn
action that liny lunn would huvo done.
But between us, Martin Peter- there is
the strongest possible b ?uda of friendship
and next to relationship.'
'And you can soon slain even that.
When you. Clark Wilbur, and my sister
Ettie are married we will indeed be
brothers ns ire have long been in heart.
But about the bravo deed youbavo done
do not think I snail ev'ei forgot or look
upon it iu the smne light manner you
would have rne. It was at the risk of
your own life that you saved me and
that too when your happy wedding day
was so near.
'1 vi h you would spej).k no more <d it'!'
and the brave man blusllcd at praise
oven more than at, tho mention of his
love. "I tell you it was but a little thing
? not more th .n any other would have
done?than you would have done for me
and I don't w.mt you to mnkp ft moun
tain out of 3 molehill, Mart.'
'You are altogether too modest, but if
you won't let my lips' give the praise you
richly deserve, (.hose of Ettjc shall do it
with int? rest '
*Theic?(hero ! Be oti'vt now You!
are excited and nervous. I own it
suiicihiug of danger wc p issed through
? a trifle?'but not so touch as ynfj
would have my ^iarc uppc.tr. Hut you i
need rcBt and if jou must talk about it.
wait until you .ha? c rtfooiprpd your
st might mid c ilinnuee. tin to sleep if
you cm. 1 will comu hull see you ugtiin {
after a litt l .-.'
'Hut remember that if over ?n opporsJ
Junity comes, 1 will give my life fur y a 1
as freely us you would hive Jone yours
'or me.'
Light as Wilbur would have made j
Abu matter appear he hid in reality Jnr
d Very much in saving his friend
Thevu had been u great und sudden
freshet in the. river?both were engaged
in raf itlg?the one had missed his b ot
inj: :in l gone down between the gtitnling
splintering whiiling [oga when the ojL.ei
had thrown himscll boldly ?offered
liiinsell to the alm?xt certainty of a
hurriblu death, and At last dragg :d his
bruised and nearly drowned lijoud to a
place, of safely.
Tit CD shrinking from the applause of|
his cl.ts?, who kin w far better than any
. thers could pofeiblv do, the risk he Had
/run he ba,U corned Peters home.
Et tie Peters felt very proud of licr 1
lover, as fhe listened to hor b other,
while prnped up with pillows in an ei-y
chair he told her of the danger
lb it Claik Wilbur bail encountered in
ryhf uiug him fro at what would have been
certain death.
Jf ( lark Wilbur bad been auAdoVtsful
in stopping the words of praiso yf tji.
man he eouhl not Jo so with his sister.
With the impulsiveness oi lier wnriti and
true heart, *W A,r 8,1 b'ir excite
mtmt all the coyness of girll.o d Elite
I'e.iers lb tew her a r i i.i ?? around tlld neck
of her Jiovorwhotl they met, and mule his
iliaiily li'pt and hrotivcd checksl! rill with
her kisses. And in vain ho eti'Joavored
to mako light of his daring. She woti'd
none nl it. If love h id before tr.mslig
tycd the strong-armed man into au idol
he now became n hero ? one mat h!e-? in
her eyes tim^haart. n ^
'I would nave dose far more. Ettie,'
lie said, 'if only for your mU. .Cut
Murlin aud J havo nlways In o<i I k
brothei.". Be Would n-.t h ive Irositud
had he !>e( n me in like danger, nor would
the vest."
liMdli NO B1 v ?i \\uti ?
'Hash ?!' hbo veplio'l placing her little
hand over hi: mouth. 'L will not hoar
you take away n Hin^lo iota from tho
indde. deed you have done. Am for th<
the rest", they nro cowards," and her rod
Ups eurlcd scornfully. 'I know it all,
?They rtoud tr?iiibiiu,g ou tlyi hank wlnlu
you rushed in.nloue, and good boa von '.
if you t-hoolri' lrtivo perbhctl," und her
br.gl>t blue eyes filled with toara ns even
the thought of such ft. bitter chlalhity
? i" i i -i
drilt^j, o^c^hrr.iutt.d.
Ah Etiie, yuu magnify the danger on
flccqunt id'yopr-luvc'
IV, 'I da. UQt,?do.Dot,' iitidhho continued
her praise in terms ho, ouuld uot re
rttBt....jhwntnal J
And whowbuld have wished to h ive
reared ioT' n':"1 W'Uld hate dand
pjfery much to have be.en no rewarded by
a beautiful girl It wt? worth more.
than all other Hvordly In mo, ar|d WHIiam
was IW (Vom being proof against it.
Tt drew tu cut still nearer together,
broke down even the semblance or rp
serve that existed between them, nnd
made their coiutuunion more sweet, lint
more than all, it gave to tho nun the
opportunity to conipnss win t he desired
?an early wedding day; and when thev
returned tn see tho brother, the hour j
hud been nppointcd and all of suspense
was nt nu end in their hearts.
Jiovu nnd danger hud lor once at least
joined hands to smooth the path Und j
hasten the time of human happiness. I
It was only until the brother sum*
eipntly recovered that tho marriage
should, bo consummated and th tt cihio
fully us soon ns the most afdunt nature
could h ive wished. The rVaut > of M u-.
tin Peters was no punny one and exer
else had made his muscles and nerves
like iron. It would hive required u
much greater shock, tnueh more aoverj
injuries, to have tnufincd him for
any length of tinle anl his reo>v"ry
cimrt So so irt th tt th i 'overt w ir j sc iroo
ly prepared. IJut there was far ni ire of
heart than fashion in th sir w > ?ins: and !
would bo in their marriage and after
life and upon tho appointed day they
breathed the vows that would hin 1 them
until death shall part.
A few month* of extrem) happiness
passed for their tnd >n nj honey w i>
not to bo measured by the silver one of
the skies, an 1 tho llo.vers thit hil
wreathed the head of the bride hi 1
(figuratoly) ti ?t fade 1 nor lost *h dr p?r
fume, though the chilling winds rj!'a long
winter had bluvu over |.ho:n.
With the spring rime a change. No:
iu their lives, but in th. ir plans, for the
future life?for sowing tho seed that'
would wchl a harvest for their age?nr
the patniug of we.ilth, TUo djulifornin
fi vv \ had ju?*l Inokim out, and tltcy at !
once determined lo t ike advantage of
it, an 1. and making their preparations
were anvuig the first to start. i
Being partners in th> venture and
dressing iu tiie gaftib fashion as well as
boing of about the s.une height, and |
having heard, hair, an 1 eyes of the
bsnie color, they looked .very much
like- tnore so. evn than is usual with
bn U>i >'*? 'I hiit was so miich the eu>o a>
tn be the subject of remark rttlion^ their
companions, and strangers were frCiiuen
tly pu/./.lfd as to their identity.
And on this hung the sartling. mi
comrnon life saving and death-seeking
episode of th-ir future.
Thil journey was necessarily roado in
company, and that company in th ?sc
eally days was the ve ry reverse of s leet.
and tn any were forced into companion
.-hip they would not only have been
a-humed o(", but have avoided lit home
This, many found out when too late?
found that they we.ro daijy brought into
association wnh those with whom thej
were not only disgttstdd, but stool in
fear of, and bore the burden a> best
they might, hoping for a short journey
and then a fluid soptxatiott.
So h knowledge uutne to Lhdcrs and
Wiibur and both saw that they were
destined to be tho companions; of rough
men of the very worst character and
whose (Oil versa t ion told ol even far
blacker deeds than those twin mated
with gambling op^n the* frontier?ol
dcedd tiiat had lclt a c,rirusoii st iiu
where they had been Cutioted?deeds of
robbery and murder. Jlut even this
would h ive cau?ed hot little unot.siiics.s
had another thing hot boon coupled
with it '1 hey saw, lo their nl.u m. that
envious: n,nd lorigtup, eves were east upon
.the aosy ui:d happy f.ioe ol the young
wife?that ?he was coveted by more
ihau on( of the lawless men
Nothing, however, COtlfd Ko don" but
to conceal their suspicions a id watch
them more narrowly, though Jutcriiiincd
t?i resent the slightest approach of insult,
end eonfideul i.i their ability to protect
her at all hazards and f'iiil in tie belief
that therj was ctinugri of good in the
purty to secure jtiriiioe?hud that hour
came tar sooner than they expected.
Wheu far beyond the limits of civili
zation? out of reach of any parly ol
emigrant*, iu the midst of a wildcrne??
of prairie, the young husband and wife
w.nidcrul away, one evening, from the
wagons, fur a walk. If. had already
grown dusk, but the fire light was too
plain to permit their getting lost, and
when at a little distance, they sat down
to converse, asthej opufu not do in the
crofd. .Theu lor the first time, Kltie
gave utterance to the fear?that troubled
her, and she told of the held looks of
some of the rnep, how ettc feared thuri,
tienblcl at thoir approach^ uqd lodged
lor tlio eqd of jho jonrucy.
lief husband spoke icuoctily, and
even made light id'her fears, utttibuting
the looks she spoke of to admiration.
But it was well the darkocss w is too
great for her to sec his face, to uotioc the
deep-drawn breath ana set tooth. There
was a volume of revenge in them, that
would have made almost a*ry man hesi
tate bofori) ho did aught to awaken it
into action. But he wisely gave no
sign of his feelings, and changing tho
conversation to more pleasant topics,
siiecodod in calming her-j ami they wore
about to return, when (he action of the
timbered looses called their attention to
them, and holing her remain where she
wna standing, tie. proceeded to investi
gate the cause of the disturbance among
tho animals.
Almost instantly upon h'u departure,
his place was filled by utiu -d' the worst
of the men who had evidently been
watching.
'You take long walks JHonc in tho
dark.' ho said in a sneering tone. Look
ing for a lover I suppose, while your
husband is fool enough to believe you
arc sleeping.':
'Sir!' replied the alarmed woman,
drawing up her slight form and clench
ing her little bauds as if she longed for
the power to str.kc hitu dead at her
root.
'Oh, pshai;" '.' was the answer, ac
coinp,^hied with a low, coarse laugh.
'I know all about your putting on airs,
find there is no use in trying to play the
insulted rjUOen with inc. 'Come, give
tue a kis.-: No? Then hy heaven I'll
not take one, but many !'
'Clark, Clark ! Husband '?' rang out
in accents of agony upon tho night air.
as the tili.in clasped her in his strong
arms.
Therd waatn 1 aslnng*-V?swift Vent,
through the prairie?the report of a
pistol?the thud of a bullet?the falling
i !' a heavy body, and Wilbur caught tho
form of his fainting wife;, while writh
ing in agony; and with his heart's
blood rapidly ebbing r.way, the insulter
of innocence poured out torrents of
curses with his dying breath.
Like on- entirely stupMtdd, Clark
Wilbur remained motionless ? without
thjukivg of da in?er. wUltott.ltbiu.kiug of
tlpj d ;ir lorm he was straining to h:.
hcait. The icy chill of httvtug coin
mil le?l murder was nil n bombing?
banished for the time everything else.
'I In u he saw that the report of the pistol
h. d called unit.bets fron* the CtlCamp
uit.iit ; that he was surrouninj and wak
ing from a terrjblo dream to a more
terrible lv lity. lie boldly avowed tho
act and pleaded;ho oau*cirt justification.
There v is do ttiornjur td disapproba
tion then but when the midnight watth
was set and Wilbur had taken his p| ico
a*. ti.-ual tip'-u it, wi.eu the poor wife had
s'olihod herself jto sleep h-j became aw no
that ihi di ed he had dor.e was not so light
|y to bo pasted! over that he was to he
t ried for murder !
Taken to *ot uc d ist a u on tho mockery
of I. lining a court tu- gone through
with; a judge and jury appointed court
so! pro and von selected ?a uoekery
bitter but shallow, for he w i> not in the
slight*:*! d 'grcc deceived mi 1 know that
his caso was prejudged- -that the. majori
ty of lawless inen hud mid won! 1 nwc
and override the luin rifv. and lb it his
lease of life w is very short.
Still, he made a depp*.%ratc elTort to
sure it. ih< urh for in rc lor love of her
who Mould be lofta widow, than frpm
fear of wh i was lo conto. But he
migh' as well &ave talked to tho wind
? hare pleaded to s mho'css stone. A
show of hsti ning. Oven of p'ty w i> made
und thai was all, l)lQtlgD he W IS ably
dofendod, dcfcudoil in a manner that
would have told with unprejudiced moil
nay. he was even siven Hpe nsunl ihuucu
with such frontier juric?*nud which in a
fair trial would have gut:e very far
toward lite iicfjuitirl ol tlto prisoner.
?If but a idi.glo one auy.s yuy uro
innocent you will go free, said the
judge-.
'I I i wrotched mhn h nketl from face
face, in bonos of lul ling something to
quicken mercy, buj iti vain and waited
as one around whoai the lire is already
budded for the bald to ajjply .the torch
' ?-wait.':'!, httt not pug.
' 'How say you Ml,' was the qucs
tiou.
'Cuilty'.' was the .answer of every
tongue.
'Then,' added the Judge, it would ho
mercy to have tht sentence executed aa
Boon us p'isible. I will load twnwy
rifles ? ni}(> hull with ball Bit?) tho other
with ponder so none can toll who fires
the fatal shut. Such is the frontier
law.'
'My wife ! Oh, God my wile!" groaned
the prisoner the thought of her driving
away all others.
'Vho had her brother to take care of
her and we pledge our word each for
himself and the others that she shall bo
protected .'iB if she wore our own sister
and when the journey is finished enough
shall be given her to provide against
want for many months,'
Even iu their black hearts there was
a shadow of pity and they endeavored
to still conscience by bribes.'
HpW long bavfl 1 to live'/ was the
momentous question.
'You can, if you wish; have until the
change of the guard. That will be three
hours hence.,
'And tny wife?'
'Hotter that you do not sec her j
again.'
'And my brother?'
'The same with regard to him. Dut
if thute is anything you wish ' to say.
speak, and it shall be faithfully execu
ted.'
'Nothing:'
Ho realized how useless it would be
todoso?that the show of justice and
mercy was but the most hollow of pre
tense as he nerved himself to meet, his
fate with only the grain of comfort that
the brother remained to look alter the
widowed wife, and that when ho was
gone the hearts that were now hard as
the neither mill stone might soften to
ward-, her ami her borcavment and
helpless sorrow make her sacred in their
eye.-.
'U'e shall bind you hereto this tree,'
said the Judge 'and leave you. One
ol you tu?: 11 cover his eyes.'
No, nevar ! I niu a man ! I hnve-.
faro 1 death before ? can do so again
without shrinking nn I must?aye will
J look upon my?1113' murderer ."
The lust word produced far more
, impression than any other?than all the
; rest, had done and after hastily, th ?ugh
j firmly securing h;m iu an upright posi
! tiou agaiufct the trunk of a tree he was
loft to his own sad thought:-left to
prepare for death ? his sasaSsiliB (for
th-y were worthy of ti? better namo)
glad to grt boyond hearing of his voice
'Like wolves they will sneak Up an !
slaughter ire' be murmured. 'I?ut for
that 1 care little. Oh, God I Etttic. my
ttie \
For on hour all was silence around
him save the rustling of the gra-s. tHo
sad moaning of the night winds rind
now and then the distant howling ol*
wolf as i!" it a'readv scented the s on to
be shed blood, and Wai licking its jnw.t
in anticipation ol" a b.imiu :t of human
fle-h ! Then the rustle of a stealthy
step was heird and the brother of his
Wife stood by his side.
'Clark.' he said iu Imr and guarded
whimpers, 'I hava codirj to take your
?Von/ Your are mad.' was the 10
ply as he wrunj; the prnfFored hand.
'I'd,1 and as the bob Is Wci\3 IdoiCifcd
lie c uitii.ued. 'I know all. You hi'ttsl
go and I will remain iu your place
1 l/ong since 1 pledge 1 my word tu du sg
and now it .-hall be kept.'
'Never,'
'Think ol your wile.'
'l>on't?don't cntiri iy unman mo.'
'Think of Her and listen to nie I
have nothing like the tie- to hin 1 me
to caith 'hit yon lave Aye, think ol
poor Kit to.
'1 have, but never ?hall eo'isMit to
your dyi'ig in my place,'
?Then we will both die ! I swear it
shall be so. I will remain and .when
the rifles uro fired 1 will step in front of
y! 11 and my body shall receive the most
i of tho bull? t?-'
'Great bcaven '? yr>U are m id.'
'No, it is yotl that at j so. Well ?s
my sister Lives mo it is as nothing to
that she bears for you. 1 have framed
an excv.se?got her away from ihe
wagons?havo selected the two most
r-wi11* and powerful horses iu the aotll
pany --have plic d 11 supply of provisions
upon ihuui and you can easily ride back
until you meet n train jtud gain protee
'io:.. Noue will ever know us apart in
the dirkncsS and here 1 remain, come
what will.
Tt must not-'-shall not bo.'
?It must and shall ! If you desire
that both of us should porish and Elite
bo left without any protector, obstinately
remain ; if not, go and may heaven
1 b!. : y )u both'i
I t?
Terrible indeed was tho ^struggle. If
his own lifo had been the only thing to
bo thought of, there was, uo power on
earth that could have moved Wilbur.
Hut his wife was thrown into the stale,
and aho almost weighed down reason
and manliness and resolution. His
nerves trembled as they had ncycr dope
before, and his eyes uore full ot tears as
he answered :
'Yuu wwuld force me to cowardice?to
dishonor?to do a thiug fur which I
shall curse myself.'
'Kttic !'
'Oh! heaven that I had porished
among the floating, crashing logs?that
I had never been born.'
?Kttic !'
'Hush, for the love of heaven J'
'Kttic'.' . '
There was still the same answer say
what he might until it became evident
that but littlo time was left?that
decision was forced upon him. lie did
all that man could do to change the
decision of his friend?then in tho very
madness of agony hugged him to his
heart?wrung his hand and dashed
away not daring to l>ok again.
Truly the one had more than redeem
ed his promise?had given hja lifo for
the other.
Standing erect and in tho same posi
tum that the prpfuUwf had d?>ne, Martin
Peters waited the coming af his murder
ers, lie knew that tho exchange would
never be discovered?that he would be
hurried into a grayo if aburlod at all.
But there was no dimness of the eyos ?
no shaking of limbs?no quivering of
lip. lie had calculated wo!l the oost
and would die as a brave man should.
I 'Come on ! I am ready, lake certain
aim,' he called out as the men gathered
in a body at a lit tie distance rifle in
hand. 'Fire! ayd my inrjoceut blood be
uj'oaj?ur heads '
The report and blazing of a scoru of
rifles Was the only answer and ho foil
headlong to the earth !
And <j?;:ij at that moment came the
cry i f Indians {' npd without waiting to
bury the coVpstf; tho assassiut rqsljod
hack to'[the wagons to lind their homos
stamped)d?leaving the dead to the
! wolves and lIic vultures
* * * * . * * *
Three days lat'-r Wilbur ami his wife
and hei br th r were seated together in
tin' midst of a friendly c i nn my and a
1 few words explained all.
'If the plan had failjd, it was your
only chance of escape,' said the latter,'
'and the few frion.ls 1 had in camp were
fearful it would.'
Tint how did yojj ,"sgipc tho bullets, ?1
asked the Bister, quivering with excitet
mcnt.
?ThcrJ wore none it* the rifles, but not
even that would ImVP saved me, had not
tho lalsc cry of-Indians !' drawn the tu
away.'
? 11 eaven he praised !'
'Yes,' responded the husband reverent
ly, 'and may it kindly keep us Iroiu
ever ngiin being put to the tost of
I giving a life Jbr a lifo,.'
(iirls. Stockings.
fiirls love their stockings bolter than
any article of dress, though tbey nie the
least appreciated. Sitting iu .their own
rooms they will discuss them for hours.
We have noticed also that tlwrc is a
fcnse. of elevation and calm superiority
in weat ne a line u n bleach fdBalbrtggiin
that nothing else can give; (his seems
the greater from the J tct thitno nno is
any the wiser, it partakes of the attitude
of steru devotion to principal and boars
proportionate fruit. A dainty stocking ,
above a trim slipper induce real ropO'C
of soul, and hall the charms ol croquet
he in the secret conciousness of striped
Blockings!
l!tlt a girl's devotion to h?r sfookings
is dearly earned. Thou shalt not wear
!i ilofl in your stockings, is ouc .of tho ton
eouimamlmen's of girlh.i ?1. What re
OolUlQlious nro there of weary afternoons
made tolerable only by the promise in
the Tar away future of a good hvsband ?
promise made by maiden aunts, dcorepit
uncles, ami fond grand in rtmiis. A good
husband?that is tho straw hold under
the feminine noso from leader youth
while lifo holds out a hope. Posoibly it
was not conveyed in so many words but
conveyed rather in thrilling histories of
tho accidents that befei girls who sewed
tip .the holoc, who patched them 'vith
muslin, end oven white paper, and a
heart-rending account of (he beautiful
Miss Tlittergibbjt wlu nica'Jexl hot
black silk stocking* with court-plaster
that uuluckily poeled off before her lov
er's eye?, apd ho being a highly respec
table young man broke the emgngement
in consequence. An 1 this was contrasted
with the plain but industrious Jane
Iliggins, who darned hers so thoroughly
thore was none of the original material
left, who ono fortunato day she caught
her foot in a crack, when the asti enable,
und wealthy AlouaO Maognicraon ran to
her relief, saw tho darned stocking* and
proposed on the spot. Tho leaching Is
inferential, but none the less potent; so
the girls darned their stockings.
That is, all oxcept the frivolous crea
tures who held the future at a distance
with their strong grasp on the present,
and whose only rcspon~e was,
I danced with a girl witu a hole in her
stocl.in?
Tho prettiest girl in tho room.
How that stroke of fancy put to night
a whoje brood of disagreeable fact!
Tho poet chose his partner because she
was fresh and blooming, which sho could
not be if sho darned nnd sewed, and
doubtless ho viewed that blessed hole,
revealing her white ankle, with a port's
r.iptuous eye.
Thon why should tho pleasant spring
days be spent iu darning? Why, darn
the stockings? The sun is warm on tho
hill, tho wind is breathing through the
trees and the violets are hidden among
the roots. Coruo, lor
Ue dnnepd with a girl with a hole in her
stocking?
Tho pretticsi girl in tho room.
Thcro is a habit peculiar to w?Ik*f?
whivh Punch, some years ago, touched
upon satirically, but which seems to
have survived the jester's ridicule. It
is /.hat custom of stopping friends in the)
streets, to whom we have nothing what
ever to communicate, but. whom wo
embarrass for no ether purpose than,
stmpty to show our friendship. Jones
meets his friond Smith, whom ho has
met on nearly the same locality bat ?
few hours befuro.^
During that int.srfal, it if. highly pro
bable that no event of any importance to
Smith, nor indes 1 to Jones, which by
a friendly construction Jones could
imagine Smith to bo interested in, as
occurred, or is likely to occur. Yet both.
I geutlemeu stop and.-hake hands earnest
ly. ' Wert, how goes ft?" remarks'
Smith, with a vague hope tbsi. some
thing may have happeued. "So, so.''
"How aro you knocking them?" replies
the oicquebt Jones, feeling iuiuitiyejy
thedoep vacuity of his friend answering
to his oyn.
A pause ensues, in which both gentle
men regard each other with an imbecile
smile an 1 a fervent pressure of the hand.
Smith draws a locg breath and looks up
the street; Jones sighs beav^y oajd
gazes down the street. Another pause,
iu which both gentlemen disengage
their respective bauds and glanoe
anxiously aground for some conventional
avenue of escape. Finally Smith (with
n sudden assumption of having forgotten
mi important engagement) ejaculates,
' Well, I must be ofT"?a remark instant
ly echoed by the voluble Jones, and
these gentlemen separata, only to repeat
their miserable formula tbo next da^.
In the above example I have compas
sionately shorteno 1 usual leave-tak
ing, which* iu rkillful hands, may be
protracted to a length wljich I shudder
to recall. I havo sometimes, when an
activo participant in these atrocioua
transactions, lingered in tbo bope of pay
ing something natural to ray friend (feel
ing that be, too, whs groping in tho
roszy luhyrit.th of his mind for a similar
expression), until I havo felt that wo
ought to have boon separated by a police
man. It is astonishing how far tho
most wretched joko will go In thoso
omergonci's. nnd how it will, as it were,
convulsively detach tho two collaring
pmtoles.
I have laughed (albeit hysterically"*
at some witticism under cover of which
1 havo escaped, that fivo minutes after
ward I could not perceive a single grain
of humor in. 1 would advise any per
son who may fall into this pitiable
strait that, next to getting in the way
of a passing dray, and being forcybjy,
disconnected, a joke is the most offte*,
cious. A foreign phraso orten may ;bo
tried with success I have sometimes
kuown.u'/ revoir pronounced "o-reivoer,'*
to have the effect (as it ought) of sever
ing Iricnds.?Bret Hart.
What is tho difference between an,
accepted and rejected lover ? Odo,
k iff es his misses, the othor misse* his